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When being just and honest comes at a price, pay it. When forgiving seems like a defeat, forgive. When everyone tells you to think of yourselves first, do not be afraid to put yourselves in the last place. Be willing to give up time, money, comfort and plans to serve others. May those who see you find themselves asking: “Why do they live in this way? Where do they get this freedom? Why do they love one another so much?” #ApostolicJourney #Uruguay
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Happy Feast Day of Sts. Simon and Jude. Jude first evangelized Armenia 😁 Thank you @k_yoder for bringing attention to this great saint St. Gregory the Illuminator and this beautiful Christian nation.
Did YOU know?
300 years after Christ, the first nation in the world adopted Christianity as its religion.
This country's conversion happened because of one man in particular: St. Gregory the Illuminator.
Read ⬇️
@SimoneRizkallah @SaveArmeniaUS @OSVNews osvnews.com/who-is-st-gregor…
Katie Yoder retweeted
An interesting piece on the history of the first Christian nation by @k_yoder, former Save Armenia delegate. 👏🇦🇲
Did YOU know?
300 years after Christ, the first nation in the world adopted Christianity as its religion.
This country's conversion happened because of one man in particular: St. Gregory the Illuminator.
Read ⬇️
@SimoneRizkallah @SaveArmeniaUS @OSVNews osvnews.com/who-is-st-gregor…
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@Samantha_Kamman, a previous Save Armenia delegate, has written a powerful piece on a meeting we had with a former Armenian captive held in Baku. Please take the time to read. 🙏
'I can't sleep at night': Former Armenian captive shares what he endured in Azerbaijan christianpost.com/news/forme…
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Watch this, please. What a remarkable, courageous, and kind person. His admiration for the unarmed teacher who took on the shooter shines through. Please pray for him. He's carrying a lot -- there is such a cost to taking a life, even when it's necessary.
Bend, Oregon man who shot and killed a shooter at his daughters' school speaks out, praises female teacher for fighting the shooter, allowing him to have a clear shot.
Kaylub Giamanco says he is haunted by the sound of children pleading for their lives.
He also praised the teacher for grabbing the gunman's weapon, allowing him to take a shot at the shooter.
"I want to recognize [the teacher]. She gave me the opportunity to make my shot without losing my life..."
"I swung the door open, and I stepped in, and I fired, and they dropped to the ground... I looked down at the gunman, and he was scrambling for his weapon. And I looked at him, and I shot him 2 more times..."
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When I met 3-year-old Sophie during my recent trip to Armenia, I felt called to share her story.
Her life is a miracle — in more ways than one.
Thanks to @OSVNews for allowing me to write about her in my new monthly pro-life column ⬇️
@SaveArmeniaUS
osvnews.com/the-courage-to-r…
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Katie has written such an amazing piece on a meeting we held with Artsakh refugees. Please take the time to read.
When I met 3-year-old Sophie during my recent trip to Armenia, I felt called to share her story.
Her life is a miracle — in more ways than one.
Thanks to @OSVNews for allowing me to write about her in my new monthly pro-life column ⬇️
@SaveArmeniaUS
osvnews.com/the-courage-to-r…
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“Let nothing disturb you, let nothing frighten you. All things are passing away: God never changes. Patience obtains all things. Whoever has God lacks nothing; God alone suffices.”- St. Teresa of Avila
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This young Catholic couple, 27 and 28 in this photograph, are now both officially being considered for sainthood. The Church calls them Servants of God.
Takashi and Midori Nagai are being recognized for the Christian witness of their marriage, family life, suffering, faith, and service, especially in wartime and atomic-bombed Nagasaki.
But one detail in their chronology surprised me.
Their first son appears to have been conceived before their Catholic wedding. I’ve found no indication that little Makoto (it means Truth in Japanese) was premature.
Whatever the explanation, the chronology caught my attention because we can easily turn candidates for sainthood into spotless figures.
Holiness is about what repentance, forgiveness, and grace can make of an entire human life.
Servants of God Takashi and Midori Nagai, pray for us.
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“The room of prayer is within you, the room where you hide your thoughts, where you keep your affections. This room is always with you, wherever you are, and it is always a secret room, where only God can see you.” -St. Ambrose
Katie Yoder retweeted
Brothers and sisters:
Have no anxiety at all, but in everything,
by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
make your requests known to God.
Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6
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There exists a martyrdom of those who offer their lives in a single moment, and the more hidden martyrdom of those who give their lives day after day. This is exactly what all Christians are called to do: to give our lives with love, every day.
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For #RespectLifeMonth: Being Light on the Darkness of Abortion: Educating about lifegiving opti... youtu.be/G00KWjVhqEo?si=b8ys…
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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“I saw and realized that love sets off the bounds of all vocations, that love is everything, that this same love embraces every time and every place. In one word, that love is everlasting.” -St. Therese of Lisieux
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Six young men with Down syndrome served at Pope Leo XIV’s Mass in Paris after personally requesting the opportunity.
This sent a message to France.
96% of babies prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome in the French regions are reportedly aborted.
People with Down syndrome are not mistakes. They are gifts from God, created with purpose and infinite dignity.
Katie Yoder retweeted
St. Thérèse novena begins today. ❤️
O Little Thérèse of the Child Jesus, please pick for me a rose from the heavenly gardens and send it to me as a message of love.
O Little Flower of Jesus, ask God to grant the favors I now place with confidence in your hands…
St. Thérèse, help me to always believe as you did in God’s great love for me, so that I might imitate your “Little Way” each day.
Amen.
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In case you missed it ⬇️
‘You were never meant to carry this alone’: Experts say helping postpartum moms is a pro-life issue 🙏
I write, for @OSVNews:
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